Antique Map of New England and Part of Canada by Vaugondy 'circa 1755'

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Antique Map of New England and Part of Canada by Vaugondy 'circa 1755'

Name: Antique Map of New England and Part of Canada by Vaugondy 'circa 1755'
Brand: Robert de Vaugondy
SKU: PCT-58948
Price: 1960 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1755
Maker: Robert de Vaugondy
Kind: Maps
Size: 51 × 66 cm (20.1 × 26 in)
Condition: Good. Good, given age. A few minor unobtrusive spots. Original middle fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Canada
Reference: PCT-58948

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A map of New France and the surrounding region, titled "Partie de l'Amérique septentrionale qui comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada," by Robert de Vaugondy, circa 1755. The sheet is an engraved map with outline color in yellow, green and blue.

The main map extends east to Newfoundland and covers the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario, with parts of New York, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont at the lower left. A large inset at the lower left gives a supplement of the Great Lakes, drawn in detail with the lakes outlined in green and the western shores and rivers shown. At the lower right a title cartouche is drawn as a birch-bark canoe with trees and draped cloth over a scale of leagues. Place names, forts, rivers and Indigenous nations are lettered across the interior, and the Grand Banks lie to the southeast.

The sheet reflects the French view of Canada and the Great Lakes at the height of the colonial rivalry in the mid-eighteenth century.

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